Christmas Rum Cake
This is the recipe for a delicious rum cake that our CaliforniaGermans contributor Merrill grew up with. It’s a treasured recipe from his mother, who used to make many smaller cakes from this recipe instead of one big one. It stayed a tradition for him and his family and every holiday season they are the delight of everyone in his family.
Enjoy!
LIST OF INGREDIENTS:
| 1. | 1/2 Pound | Cake Flour |
| 2. | 1/2 Pound | Sugar |
| 3. | 1/2 Pound | Butter |
| 4. | 5 Eggs | Separate the yolks from the egg white |
| 5. | 1/2 Cup | Evaporated milk |
| 6. | 2 Tea Spoon | Baking Powder |
| 7. | 1 Tea Spoon | Vanilla |
| 8. | 1/8 Tea Spoon | Salt |
| 9. | 3 Table Spoon | Burned Sugar (see procedure) |
| 10. | 3 Table Spoon | Raisins and cut Prunes soaked in Rum for several weeks |
| 11. | 1/3 Cup | Chopped Walnuts |
| 12. | 1/4 Cup | Red Cherries cut into Halves |
| 13. | 1/4 Cup | Green Cherries cut into Halves |
| 14. | 1/3 Cup | Dark Beer |
| 15. | 1/8 Tea Spoon | Grinded Nutmeg |
| 16. | 2 Table Spoon | Orange Juice |
| 17. | 1 Orange Skin | Grated orange peel |
PROCEDURE:
STEP #1: Burn the 3 tablespoons sugar to a dark syrup then add 1 tablespoon of water, keep to a thick consistency. Let it cool down.
STEP #2: Mix butter with sugar, add dark syrup from STEP #1, grated orange peel, vanilla, nutmeg, orange juice. Add egg yolks one at a time. Add evaporated milk little by little.
STEP #3: Strain flour, baking powder, and salt together in separate bowl and add to the batter.
STEP #4: Add the cherries, prunes, chopped walnuts.
STEP #5: Whip the egg white apart and add to the batter at low speed. Add the dark beer.
STEP #6: Pour into a buttered 9-inch mold.
STEP #7: Bake at 350 ° F for around one hour
Bon Appétit!
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As a recent retiree, Merrill Lyew Emanuel now has time for his old and new hobbies. Within his hobbies are writing fan fiction in German, solving chess puzzles, repairing things at home that are not broken, doing a little bit of social media, reading every and anything that looks like a book, traveling a little, and taking snapshots with his mirrorless camera.
Having lived in Germany, Costa Rica and the USA, he is fluent in the languages of these countries. As a professional geographer he traveled profusely throughout Latin America. He is living in Southern California for over thirty years. Find more of his work at http://www.merrillius.net
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